[Alter Kaker]

It has to do with bankrupt culture. Once, black music gave us R&B, Gospel, Blues and Rock. Today, if you asked someone to give you an example of "black music" they would probably say "Rap". You do the math.

Wow, you have a chip on your shoulder. I take it you're a fan of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Madonna? Aren't they paragons of "white" music? If you're going to accuse 40 million black Americans of having a "bankrupt culture" maybe you should pause a moment for some self-reflection.

It is about culture; a sub-culture that teaches that The Man has stolen things from you, so it is OK to steal things back.

Yes, you got it. All 40 million American blacks thinks it's ok to steal and that's what "black culture" says. What rock did you crawl out from under?

[50sDad]

...and of course, I am speaking of a slice of the culture, not the culture as a whole.

Wow, you have a chip on your shoulder.

Nope, I just hate rap music and all that it glorifies. If you can see a way in which treating women like "hoes", glorifiying gun violence, and drug use is somehow superior to the Ink Spots mellow crooning, the dulcit tones of The Platters, or the heartfelt joy of Mahalia Jackson, then you are a better man than I am. I am more impressed by people that can compose beautiful music than those who can rhyme under time pressure.

And completely aside from the issue of the impressive and beautiful music black culture has given us in the past, when was the last time you heard of a barbershop quartet being involved in putting a cap in someone's @$$?

[hinckley buzzard]

Yes, you got it. All 40 million American blacks thinks it's ok to steal and that's what "black culture" says

Forget "steal." What of the OJ jury and numerous polls thereafter; The Black reaction to Tawana Brawley; the Black reaction to the DukeLax case; The high proportion of Blacks who agree with Jeremiah Wright (as measured by polls over the years) and have for a long time, regarding AIDS, government drug-pushing, etc.

The cold hard fact is that a significant proportion (not all of course) of American Black people live not just in a different world but in a different reality than you do; and the rest have assimilated.